# MADs: Memorial Day Weekend Picnic, Sun 5/25 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 11, 2003, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-memorial-day-weekend-picnic-sun-5-25/174523 "2003-05-11T18:15:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![AnnaLucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e95f7d/32.png) [@AnnaLucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnnaLucretia)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2003, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-memorial-day-weekend-picnic-sun-5-25/174523/101 "2003-05-23T13:42:15Z")
No cameras for me, thanks. I’m in between MUCH needed haircuts, and consequently am sporting that “slept-in” look. Upon preview, that sounds kinda dirty. Ehhh. Incidentally I work with a guy named Bob White. He’s a very small guy who has the loudest, meanest voice and attitude I’ve ever encountered. He will not be invited…but I hope the pavilion is nicer than he is. DTM - Does the One Clueless Guy need a sidekick? 'Cause I haven’t renewed my clue subscription - I’m still in the library with Colonel Mustard. AL ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2003, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-memorial-day-weekend-picnic-sun-5-25/174523/102 "2003-05-23T14:00:24Z")
That lucky Colonel! Me, I’m going for the “slept-with” look. Awwwwww yeah. Ow, ow, I’m just kidding! ---
**Author:** ![AnnaLucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e95f7d/32.png) [@AnnaLucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnnaLucretia)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2003, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-memorial-day-weekend-picnic-sun-5-25/174523/103 "2003-05-23T14:05:30Z")
See, I could probably claim that one too, Dan, but I won’t because then I’d have to show the bruises to prove it. 5-year-old boys kick in their sleep \ What? That’s not what you meant?? ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2003, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-memorial-day-weekend-picnic-sun-5-25/174523/104 "2003-05-23T14:16:38Z")
So do 5-year-old dogs… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![AnnaLucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e95f7d/32.png) [@AnnaLucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnnaLucretia)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2003, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-memorial-day-weekend-picnic-sun-5-25/174523/105 "2003-05-23T14:42:43Z")
Flirting in a DopeFest thread…who’da thunk it? So, Dantheman, how YOU doin’?? (oh God, I am gonna meet these people, gotta behave…) ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2003, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-memorial-day-weekend-picnic-sun-5-25/174523/106 "2003-05-23T14:52:49Z")
All right, you two, get a room, fercryinoutloud!! We’re talking picnic here. Curb yer lust. :eek: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AnnaLucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e95f7d/32.png) [@AnnaLucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnnaLucretia)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2003, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-memorial-day-weekend-picnic-sun-5-25/174523/107 "2003-05-23T14:58:14Z")
Yes ma’am. Sorry ma’am. It won’t happen again, ma’am. (psssst…Dan…I got rid of the Colonel, so the library is all ours…) ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2003, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-memorial-day-weekend-picnic-sun-5-25/174523/108 "2003-05-23T15:13:38Z")
Whoops! I forgot about the memo about flirting on the message board. Bad stuff. Very corrupting. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2003, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-memorial-day-weekend-picnic-sun-5-25/174523/109 "2003-05-23T15:34:04Z")
Durn, I log off for two hours, and all of a sudden we’re on page 3! Welcome, **AnnaLucretia**! I know I’ve said hi to you on some other thread. I’m going to bring my digital camera, but I’ll be gentle. 😃 I think this is a good excuse to bring all the vital info forward. \*\*\*\*Where:\*\*[Bobwhite Shelter](http://www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/central/senecamap.html), [Seneca Creek State Park](http://www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/central/seneca.html) in Montgomery County, MD. **When:** Sunday, May 25, 11am - dusk. **What:** A picnic pavilion, food, a lake, a playground for the kids, woods, hiking trails, Extreme Croquet, and (of course!) Dopers. **Why:** because it’ll be fun. **Directions:** From Washington, D.C, Virginia and points south: take I-270 north toward Frederick, Maryland. Take exit 10, Clopper Road, and continue through six traffic lights. The park’s entrance is marked and will be on the left. From Frederick, Pennsylvania And Points North: take I-270 south towards D.C. Take exit 11, Quince Orchard Rd., west. Bear right at the light, go two more lights, then turn right onto Clopper Road. The park is ~1.5 Miles on the left. **My plan** is to get there about 11am, start setting up, and get the charcoal started. It’ll probably take the charcoal until noon to be ready to grill over. Once the coals are ready, I’ll start cooking burgers as soon as we seem to have a critical mass of Dopers. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2003, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-memorial-day-weekend-picnic-sun-5-25/174523/110 "2003-05-23T15:54:17Z")
Any hot dogs? ---
**Author:** ![AnnaLucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e95f7d/32.png) [@AnnaLucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnnaLucretia)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2003, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-memorial-day-weekend-picnic-sun-5-25/174523/111 "2003-05-23T16:03:23Z")
RTFirefly - please check your email - and thanks for the welcome! I’ve been lurking a looooong time… See everyone Sunday! Anna ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2003, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-memorial-day-weekend-picnic-sun-5-25/174523/112 "2003-05-23T16:07:42Z")
Uh oh, she’s now up to flirting with RT in email. Hope she knows he’s married! BTW, if this is in Bobwhite Shelter, there darn well better be some bobwhites. Perhaps I will do my bobwhite call. TootWHEET! TootWHEET! Or is that a towhee? Hm. Ah well, whoever answers. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2003, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-memorial-day-weekend-picnic-sun-5-25/174523/113 "2003-05-23T16:11:58Z")
Definites: **RTFirefly Mrs. Firefly Jonathan Chance Lady Chance Kid Kate TeleTronOne Anita Vacation av8rmike Skerri** and Boyfriend **OpalCat** and mini-vegetarian **dantheman AnnaLucretia FairyChatMom** Maybes: **GingerOfTheNorth Weirddave panache El Marko TTO’s friend Emilio Lizardo Edward the Head** **Food:** Fireflies: Beef and Boca burgers, fixin’s, paper plates, plasticware, charcoal Chances: Ginger Ale TeleTronOne: Chips, beer Anita: salady side dish FCM: something fruit-like Opal: food of some sort AnnaLucretia: whatever Og tells her to. dantheman: 2-liter bottles of soda and other noshables Everyone else: bring what’cha can! For those still deciding, we could probably use something in the way of semi-substantive side dishes, like coleslaw, bean dip, and whatnot. ---
**Author:** ![AnnaLucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e95f7d/32.png) [@AnnaLucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnnaLucretia)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2003, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-memorial-day-weekend-picnic-sun-5-25/174523/114 "2003-05-23T16:22:16Z")
Og says s’mores, but Og won’t be attending, so I’ll jump on the “Substantive Side Dish” option, and hope I won’t be Smashed. Dantheman, you’re just jealous! Besides, I was just emailing a totally germaine question that was not Board-appropriate, but decidedly not flirtatious. So there. Anna ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2003, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-memorial-day-weekend-picnic-sun-5-25/174523/115 "2003-05-23T16:25:00Z")
**JC** - sure, I’ll dig a pack of hot dogs out of the freezer, and bring them. Can you bring hot dog buns? **AnnaLucretia** - did you _really_ wake up this morning muttering “Og SMASH”? By gosh, you’re one of us! **dantheman** and **AnnaLucretia** - flirt all ya wanna. **FCM** will be less grumpy once she’s allowed her monthly conjugal visit. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AnnaLucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e95f7d/32.png) [@AnnaLucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnnaLucretia)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2003, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-memorial-day-weekend-picnic-sun-5-25/174523/116 "2003-05-23T16:32:23Z")
RTFirefly - Sadly, yes I did. Not only was I muttering it, but I was royally pissed about something I can’t even remember. Most puzzling. I figure the only way I can get you guys out of my SUBconcious is to actually meet some of you and get it all out in the open. More publically disturbing than that was the day I called a VP an “asshat” in a meeting…only to realize that he really wouldn’t understand the depth of disdain I was expressing, and that therefore I was wasting a perfectly good insult on a moron. Yep, I’m a Doper, no question. Anna ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2003, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-memorial-day-weekend-picnic-sun-5-25/174523/117 "2003-05-23T17:32:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RTFirefly \* > **JC - sure, I’ll dig a pack of hot dogs out of the freezer, and bring them. Can you bring hot dog buns?** Kind of a personal question, there, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2003, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-memorial-day-weekend-picnic-sun-5-25/174523/118 "2003-05-23T18:39:30Z")
I’m hoping to be there. I found out that the dig is not very far away so I might cut out early. Hope you don’t mind a dirty maybe somewhat smelly Eddie. ---
**Author:** ![Anita\_Vacation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Anita\_Vacation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anita_Vacation)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2003, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-memorial-day-weekend-picnic-sun-5-25/174523/119 "2003-05-23T19:41:40Z")
Smellier than usual? I don’t know now. Wait…who am I to talk? Sure, bring on the stink! Maybe folks won’t notice my aroma so much. Oh, and be sure to bring us some artifacts. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2003, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-memorial-day-weekend-picnic-sun-5-25/174523/120 "2003-05-23T19:53:43Z")
**Anita** , don’t we already qualify? 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-memorial-day-weekend-picnic-sun-5-25/174523.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-memorial-day-weekend-picnic-sun-5-25/174523.md?page=7)